...mines was even harder than that of the children. ' I have a belt round my waist,' said a witness, ' and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my...is very steep, and we have to hold by a rope, and where there is no rope, by anything that we can catch hold of. It is very hard work for a woman. ....

...description of the work these women had to perform, given in the words of one of themselves : — " I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. It is very hart! work for women. The pit is very wet. I have seen the water up to my thighs. My clothes...

...in a coal pit, testified: " I have a belt around my waist and a chain between my legs to the^ truck, and I go on my hands and feet ; the road is very steep, and we nave to hold by a rope, and when there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. There are six...

...the women and children very nearly so. " I have been in water," said one woman, "up to my thighs ; I go on my hands and feet, the road is very steep ; when there is no rope we have to catch hold of anything we can ; my clothes are wet through all day...

...the women and children very nearly so. " I have been in water," said one woman, "up to my thighs ; I go on my hands and feet, the road is very steep ; when there is no rope we have to catch hold of anything we can ; my clothes are wet through all day...

...— the women and children very nearly so. 'I have been in water," said one woman, 'up to my thighs; I go on my hands and feet, the road is very steep; when there is no rope we have to catch hold of anything we can; my clothes are wet through all day...

...in a coal pit, testified: " / have a belt around my waist and a chain between my legs to the truck, and I go on my hands and feet; the road is very steep,...catch hold of. There are six women and about six boys or girls in the pit I work in; it is very wet, aud the water comes over our clog-tope always, and I...

...almost past belief. Thus, for example, one poor woman said : " I have been in water up to my thighs ; I go on my hands and feet ; the road is very steep ; when there is no rope we have to catch hold of anything we can ; my clothes are wet through all day...

...drawer in the coal-pit, said : 'I have a belt around my waist and a chain between my legs to the truck, and I go on my hands and feet. The road is very steep...six boys and girls in the pit I work in; it is very wet, and the water comes over our clog-tops always, and I have seen it up to my thighs; my clothes...

...restrictions upon sending them to the neighbouring factories. A Lancashire woman declared in evidence: "I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. . . .The pit is very wet where I work, and the water comes over our clog-tops always, and I have seen it up...